Πυθία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πῡθῐ́η (Pūthĭ́ē) — Ionic

Etymology

Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ, “Pytho, Delphi”) +‎ -ῐος (-ĭos, feminine adjectival suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyː.tʰí.aː/ → /pyˈθi.a/ → /piˈθi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyː.tʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈtʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈθi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈθi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈθi.a/

Noun

Πῡθῐ́ᾱ • (Pūthĭ́ā) f (genitive Πῡθῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Pythia: priestess of Apollo at Delphi, who uttered prophetic oracles

Declension

First declension of ἡ Πῡθῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Πῡθῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πῡθῐ́ᾱ hē Pūthĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Πῡθῐ́ᾱς tês Pūthĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Πῡθῐ́ᾳ têi Pūthĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Πῡθῐ́ᾱν tḕn Pūthĭ́ān
Vocative	Πῡθῐ́ᾱ Pūthĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “Πυθία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press